| 100% | REGER | 5 | Max —, German composer and organist who died in 1916 |
| 62% | BYRD | 4 | William —, English composer and organist who died in 1623 whose publications include Songs of Sundrie Natures |
| 47% | SARGENT | 7 | Malcolm —, English composer and conductor who died in 1967 |
| 43% | LAST | 4 | James —, prolific Bremen-born composer and bandleader who died in 2015 |
| 42% | MAXREGER | 8 | German composer and organist whose works include 1903’s Gesang der Verklarten |
| 42% | LAST | 4 | James —, prolific Bremen-born composer and bandleader who died in June 2015 |
| 40% | GRAINGER | 8 | Percy —, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 |
| 38% | SHEARING | 8 | George —, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 |
| 38% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious —, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 |
| 38% | COLTRANE | 8 | John —, US jazz saxophonist and composer who died in 1967 |
| 38% | JUNKERS | 7 | Hugo —, German engineer and aircraft designer who died in 1935 |
| 38% | DAIMLER | 7 | Gottlieb —, German engineer and car manufacturer who died in 1900 |
| 38% | ARCHIMEDES | 10 | Greek mathematician and physicist who died in 212 BC |
| 37% | MORRISON | 8 | Doors singer who died young and is buried in Paris |
| 36% | JOHNTAVERNER | 12 | English organist, composer of mass Gloria tibi Trinitas, who died in 1545 |
| 36% | MELTORME | 8 | Big band singer and composer nicknamed The Velvet Fog who died in 1999 |
| 36% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 36% | EVANS | 5 | Gil —, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988 |
| 34% | ROREM | 5 | Neoclassical composer Ned who died in 2022, at age ninety-nine |
| 34% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 34% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher -, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506 |
| 34% | COLUMBUS | 8 | Christopher —, navigator and explorer who died in Valladolid, Spain in 1506 |
| 34% | CROWLEY | 7 | Aleister —, British occultist and poet who died in 1947 |
| 34% | DORSEY | 6 | Tommy —, US trombonist and bandleader who died in 1956 |
| 34% | GRIMALDI | 8 | Joseph —, English actor and clown who died in 1837 |
| 34% | BREAM | 5 | Julian —, English guitarist and lutenist who died in 2020 |
| 34% | TOSCANINI | 9 | Arturo —, Italian conductor and cellist who died in 1957 |
| 34% | BORGE | 5 | Victor —, Danish pianist and comedian who died in 2000 |
| 34% | DAMPIER | 7 | William —, English navigator and pirate who died in 1715 |